Gorgas Surname
Approximately 1,601 people bear this surname
Gorgas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 670 | 1:120,157 | 14,712 |
| United States | 586 | 1:618,531 | 50,040 |
| Spain | 149 | 1:313,772 | 18,634 |
| Argentina | 39 | 1:1,095,985 | 66,746 |
| Panama | 33 | 1:118,553 | 4,252 |
| Norway | 18 | 1:285,683 | 29,080 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Cuba | 12 | 1:960,226 | 6,464 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 181 | 1:277,451 | 22,466 |
Gorgas Demographics
Average Gorgas Salary in
United States
$44,359 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gorgas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorgas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gorgas (Russian: Горгас) is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gorgas.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorgas? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 248,216th most common last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 4,551,871 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Gorgas reside; 44 percent reside in Western Europe and 43 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most common in Germany, where it is held by 670 people, or 1 in 120,157. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 41 percent live, Brandenburg, where 11 percent live and Saxony, where 9 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 37 percent live and Spain, where 9 percent live.
Gorgas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gorgas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gorgas surname grew 324 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gorgas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gorgas surname are 16.47% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.24% registered with the party.
The amount Gorgas earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 248.16% more than the national average, earning 1,204,920 kr per year; in United States they earn 2.8% more than the national average, earning $44,359 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.9% less than the national average, earning $48,240 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gorgas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gorgas in the Russian language | ||
| Горгас | gorgas | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gorgas
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